Little Ri has outgrown all the baby proofing controls installed at home. Like a little chimpanzee she observes how we bypass them and then systematically begins to decimate their purpose. Drawers are being opened, stools being carried around to reach higher sources of fragile objects. Suddenly the sky is the limit for her and she’s …
Bali. I’d been planning this baby-free vacation with the hubster for months. Sun, sand, cocktails and most importantly – no baby. Arrangements had been made to deposit her with my parents and swoooosh… I’d be off on a jet plane to an island where all I had to worry about for six days was myself …
It rained tonight and when I peeped out, the sky was radiant. Brimming with excitement, I took you to the terrace to show you an orange night sky, sprinkled with a few stars. You were so confused and were probably curious about what the heck I was going all gaga about . Considering I show …
You are not a flower. Flowers are pretty and fragrant. They adorn gardens and stand in glass vases to brighten rooms. Till the day they wither away and get swept away by an indifferent breeze. You are not a flower. You are a desert cactus. A breed that doesn’t need watering. You brave the scorching …
I can always count on my little daughter to entertain and enlighten me with her antics. For instance today, she spent half an hour trying to carry a bag that was three times her size. She would periodically yell with frustration. It’s funny to see an ambitious toddler waddling around, never questioning her ability to …
She lays in my arms breathing slowly. I pause so we may breathe together at the same pace, so our two tiny waves may join to form a giant one. A wave so big surfers would take pride to glide through it’s vastness. Her lashes are moist and beautiful. The veins on her eyelids appear …
